Off-duty jailer dies in motorcycle crash in N. Harris County

Published 5:53 pm, Saturday, April 20, 2013

An off-duty sheriff's office jailer was killed in a crash while riding his motorcycle in north Harris County Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

The Harris County Sheriff's Office detention officer was riding his motorcycle on Farm Road 2920 near Kuykendahl around 1:30 p.m. when another vehicle swerved into his lane, said sheriff's spokesman deputy Thomas Gilliland.

To avoid hitting the car, the jailer drove into another lane, where he hit a pick-up truck, Gilliland said.